Rice Farmers Receive Historic Compensation for GMO Contamination
Birmingham, AL:
Bayer Cropscience has agreed to pay rice farmers from Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi a total of $750 million in an historic settlement after an experiment genetically modified type of rice escaped from one of its test fields and contaminated US crops
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Chemical Plant Explosion Rocks Neighborhood, Sends 4 to Hospital
New Orleans, LA: An
industrial accident has sent four people to hospital and forced evacuations as much as a mile from the factory,
MSNBC.com is reporting today. The explosion occured at a chemical factory in an industrial park near the outskirts of New Orleans. The four injured workers were flown to burn units
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GlaxoSmithKline Faces Louisiana Lawsuit Over Avandia; Reportedly Settles Other Lawsuits
Baton Rouge, LA: Now that the label for
Avandia has been changed and stricter rules are in place regarding Avandia's uses, another lawsuit has been filed alleging GlaxoSmithKline hid Avandia side effects from users. This time, however, the plaintiff alleging serious Avandia risks is not a patient but Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell
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